Monoterpene and wood dust exposures: Work‐related symptoms among Finnish sawmill workers
Christina Rosenberg et al. · American Journal of Industrial Medicine
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Published2002-01
DOI10.1002/ajim.10033
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Sawing fresh wood releases monoterpenes and wood dust into the work environment; in sawmills, workers' monoterpene exposure was far higher while pine was processed (61 to 138 mg/m³) than spruce (2.0 to 13 mg/m³).
Geometric-mean exposures of 22 sawhouse workers in Finnish sawmills processing pine and spruce, not a small workshop.EXTERNAL RECORD